'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, dies at 81
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Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as ultra-smooth private detective John Shaft in the "Shaft" films, has died. He was 81.
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LOS ANGELES — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, said the actor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at his…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81.
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